Table 2: Morphological Alterations of the Brainstem and Cerebellum in Unexpected Death Victims

Unexpected death victims Arcuate nucleus
hypoplasia		 Pre-Bötzinger nucleus
hypoplasia		 Parabrachial Kölliker-Fuse
complex hypoplasia		 Parafacial nucleus
hypoplasia		 Cerebellar cortex
immature structure
stillbirths
n/tot(%)		 33/59
(56)		 15/59
(25) * # 		14/59
(24) * 		41/59
(70) * # 		6/59
(10)
newborns
n/tot(%)		 14/28
(50)		 0 # 8/28
(29) #		 0 * 6/28
(20)
SIDS n/tot(%) 65/130
(50)		 10/130
(8) *		 0 * # 0 # 34/130
(26)
statistics Not significant # SB>NB p=0.0030
* SB>SIDS p=0.0008		 *SB>SIDS p<0.0001
# NB>SIDS p<0.0001		 *SB> NB p>0.0001
# SB >SIDS p=0		 Not significant

SIDS=sudden infant death syndrome.One way ANOVA and Student’s paired t-test were performed to compare the incidence of hypoplasia in the different districts of central autonomic nervous system.